Reporter blocked from Oval Office over Gulf of Mexico policy

The agency’s senior vice president and executive editor Julie Pace called the administration’s move unacceptable.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday (Alex Brandon/AP)

The White House blocked an Associated Press (AP) reporter from an event in the Oval Office after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico.

Donald Trump has ordered the area to be renamed the Gulf of America.